You can cultivate the energy of the first chakra and train yourself to develop the spiritual gifts associated with first chakra energy.  This spiritual gift is known as personality sensing. It is the ability to not only sense subtle energy of a person or place, but to go deeper, beyond just sensing, but to KNOW. It is as if you are being given inside information about a person or place so you have a complete understanding or awareness of this person or this place. Often times, with personality sensing, you will be SHOWN and image in your mind about hidden events, or will receive the hidden conversations via a telepathic message, or even sense the actual type of energy you are in contact with in a sensing experience.
 
Often the personality sensing experience is triggered without warning. Because I’m more of a visual person, many of my personality sensing experiences will be displayed as visual images, showing me an actual event that happened with this person, showing me what this person is really up to.
 
Personality sensing may serve as a warning, to be cautious in your dealings with this person, or to just have expanded data.  Other times, the personality sensing may be a type of “pull” to a person that you can not shake. When this happens, it is more than likely your Higher Self letting you know you NEED to be connected with this person because this person is part of your life path.
 
When the spiritual gift of Personality sensing kicks in, it often is INTENSE and IMMEDIATE. You essentially have no control over the feelings, images, thoughts, and data you are receiving in that single experience.None.

In order to develop and cultivate this skill, you begin by using the tools to cultivate the 1st chakra energy so that chakra is vibrant, available, clear, and it is aligned and balanced with the other chakras. Next, you focus on tuning into your IMPRESSIONS and FEELINGS and pay attention to what happens when you meet or interact with different people. As this skill improves, you may then start to experience images of events these people are in, or have been in - almost as if you are in a waking dream. Later, you will receive messages in your mind that are not yours, providing you with much more detail about what is really going on with this person.

Summary
In summary, personality sensing is a spiritual gift associated with the 1st chakra energy. One can cultivate this gift by using the tools associated with the 1st chakra. While one is using the tools to nourish and fortify 1st chakra energy, one practices and develops this gift by

• becoming aware of the personalities of different people (and places)
• tuning into your impressions and feelings about different people (and places) and determining why you feel that way or have that impression
• be open to receiving subtle messages about other people (and places) via dreams, thoughts, or telepathic communication
• pay attention to those subtle messages about other people (and places) 
• be open, tuned in, and react (or respond)  when you receive these messages and thoughts which come into your mind as if from no where

We visualize the chakras as circular orbs of colored light, in our inner energetic body, along the spine. The lower chakras are in the abdomen. The upper chakras are in the neck and head. The lower chakras are mostly associated with the skills of sensing. The upper chakras are mostly associated with mental spiritual skills. 

When we cultivate the subtle energies of the UPPER chakras, the skills and abilities we develop are the ability to receive more complex messages and communication. The lower chakras are more about receiving energy and impressions, but the upper chakras include VISUALS, and CONCEPTS, and COMPLETE interactions and discussions.   

These are the TYPES of interactions that can be developed when you cultivate the energies of the upper chakras: 

• 5th chakra - the ability to receive and interpret the messages from dreams, visions, and energetic visuals. 
• 6th chakra - the ability to receive and interpret concepts, insights, knowledge and gain wisdom 
• 7th chakra - the ability to receive and interpret telepathic messages from the physical or from energetic sources, such as your Spiritual Guide, Higher Self (aka the oversoul), or other energetic sources. It also includes the ability to interact with the Tao with any of your senses.

In order for us to develop and improve our abilities to use these different types of chakra energies, and correctly receive, interpret, and send subtle messages, we would need to cultivate the energies of the upper chakras. 

If we want to develop, and improve, our ability to sense subtle energy, and the messages associated with subtle messages, we need to cultivate our lower chakras. The lower chakras are the SENSING chakras, and if we focus on cultivating those chakra energies, we improve the probability of being able to receive and interpret the subtle communications associated with personality sensing, truth sensing, past life regression, and future sensing.

The tools to help cultivate the lower chakras are food, sex, or sound. And to use these tools, they all use the basic steps o focusing your attention on the tool, then focusing your mind on what you intend the energy to do with that tool, and then bring in the energy of love or gratitude within you. Essentially, the Qi Cultivation uses this process:

1. You are present, aware, and mindful of what you are doing
2. Your mind is focused and giving intention and direction to what you want the subtle energy to do
3. You bring in the a feeling of love (or gratitude) to help send the energy on its way

How to use the Qi Cultivation Process with the Tools of Food, Sex, and Sound?  
Using Food as a Qi Cultivation Tool
When you are using food as a tool to help nourish your chakras, you would be mindful and present while you about to eat, and focus your thoughts on the food you are about to consume. In this moment of pause, you then think of the chakra this food is going to nourish, and as you partake and eat the food, you focus your intention on directing some of the energy of that food to a designated chakra, and direct the energy to nourish that chakra, clear it, balance it, and align it with the other chakras. You then enjoy the food by being grateful for it, or enjoy the flavor, smile, of feel that "mmmmm" sound of pleasure. You can then just enjoy the rest of your food, like you usually do. (To learn more details of which foods are connected to which chakras, you can go here.)

Using Sex as a Qi Cultivation Tool
When you are using sex as a tool to help nourish your chakras, you would be mindful and present while you going to have sex. Your thoughts would be on love and the sexual process, but for a brief moment, you can direct your thoughts of the chakra you want to nourish with sex, and then briefly direct your thoughts to create your desired intention, such as nourish a certain chakra, clear it, balance it, and align it with the other chakras. You then just enjoy the rest of the sexual experience. (To learn more details of what sexual positions help which chakras, you can go here.)

​Sound as a Qi Cultivation Tool
You can use sound as a tool to help nourish your chakras. Drumming as well as music can also be used as a tool to help nourish your chakras. When you use sound as a tool to nourish your chakras, you would be mindful and present when you are listening to music (or sounds). You would focus your thoughts on the sound and then direct this energy to a designated chakra. You would then direct your thoughts to nourish that chakra, clear it, and align it with the other chakras. You then enjoy the music or sound, and add in the energy of love and gratitude as you connect with the music.(To learn more details of what sounds are associated with which chakras, you can go here.)

When you are first starting out and learning how to cultivate Qi for your chakras, focus your attention on directing the energy TO a certain chakra (or all the chakras). When you get proficient at this, after a lot of practice, you can modify your focused intention to direct the energy for other purposes, but initially, keep your focus on nourishing the subtle energies on the chakras to help them get nourished, clear, balanced, and aligned. 

We visualize the lower chakras as circular orbs of colored light in the abdomen. The 1st chakra is located at the base of the spine in the lower pelvis, with the 2nd chakra above the 1st chakra and following up the spine. The 3rd chakra is located below the diaphragm, near your solar plexus. 

When we cultivate the subtle energies of these lower chakras, it will enhance and improve our abilities to SENSE and RECEIVE subtle messages. The TYPES of messages these lower chakras sends us are:

1. 1st chakra - the ability to sense the energies of energies of other living beings - such as people, animals, the earth, etc. The ability to recognize or KNOW someone just based on their subtle energy is called Personality Sensing, and is a way to either draw you to a certain person, or repel you away from a certain individual.​
2. 2nd chakra - the ability to sense the energies of truth. This energy is used to recognize truth, as well as to use truth as your expressions (art, problem solving, design, trust, feelings, etc.)
3. 3rd chakra - the ability to sense the energies of time. This includes the ability to sense the past (past lives you have had, for example, or what occurred, or what feelings are in a certain location. This energy is also used to sense the future.

In order for us to develop and improve our sensing skills and receive and correctly interpret those messages, we would need to cultivate the energies of the lower chakras. 

​When you cultivate subtle energy to have spiritual experiences, you are cultivating and using the energies of the chakras. The chakras are depicted as 7 different types of energy located along the middle of the body and within your energetic body. Your energetic body is your spiritual self - part of your soul.

Each of those different chakras have different energy vibrations, waves, and frequencies. The 1st chakra, located at the base of the spine, is red, and it is sensing and grounding energy. The spiritual experiences created with this energy would be associated with things like being able to find an earth energy location, or being able to sense the true nature of a person.

The 2nd chakra is located near the sexual organ, is orange, and this is the energy of truth. Truth is also about creativity. It is also often seen as sexual energy, because that energy is used to create. 

The 3rd chakra is located at the solar plexus and is yellow. This energy is known as emotional energy, but it really is more of the energy of time because it is the energy that is used to help move you through time.Emotional ups and downs change based on where you are in time, so you can see how the energy of emotion is related to time. This is the energy that is used if you want to sense the future, or if you want to visit the past.  This is the energy that would need to be cultivated if you are interested in moving through, and experiencing time. 

The 4th chakra is green and located at the center of the chest, near the heart. This energy is known as the balancing chakra, the energy of love, but what this energy does it is the energy of command projection. It is the energy that uses clear and focused thoughts to make changes in subtle energies, and it requires the energy of love to make it work.This would be the energy that Jesus used when he changed water to wine. It is also the energy Moses used when he parted the red sea. This energy requires the energy of love to make it work, and very cultivated energy of clear intent. 

The 5th chakra is blue and is located near the throat. This energy is known as communication energy and will be the energy used to interpret dreams, see visions, and also see visuals in a meditation.

The 6th chakra is located at the “third eye” and is purple, or indigo. This is the energy of knowledge and wisdom, and is the energy used to see Spiritual Beings. It is also the energy used to expand outside of your physical body, and the energy used to project your spiritual self to the astral plane (or other dimension).

The 7th chakra is located at the top of the head and is a bright, white light. This is the energy of integration. This is the energy that helps you communicate telepathically with another physical Being, or your Higher Self, or your Spiritual Guide or Teacher. This is the energy that is used to be integrated with the Tao, converse with your depiction of God, as well as see the inter-connection of the entire universe.

​As you begin to cultivate the energies of the chakras, you will start to have small flutters of spiritual experiences that will grow in frequency and intensity over time. The image below shows a gradation movement of how the different types of spiritual experiences may manifest for you, based on the different type of chakra energy you are cultivating. ​  

We can cultivate Qi to help our body stay(or get) healthy and be well. We can also cultivate Qi to improve and nourish the subtle energies in our homes and our environment. We can also cultivate Qi to nourish and fortify our spiritual body, which is composed of chakras, and it is this Qi cultivation that will provide us with more, as well as different types of spiritual experiences. 

We use the 7 chakras as a means to conceptualize the different types of spiritual energies within our spiritual body. We see them as if they are a rainbow of light and color, and it is this variation in colors which helps guide our cultivation process to help us nourish, fortify, and improve these different types of spiritual energies.

The chakras, when they are balanced, aligned, and clear, are depicted as 7 circular orbs of clear vibrant colored light, in a straight line along our spine, and each with the same size and shape. There are three upper chakras and three lower chakra points and the fourth chakra is considered neutral. The lower chakra points (point 1, 2, and 3) are closer to the earth and are considered to be more “physical” in nature and more physically related to body functions. The fourth chakra, located in the middle of the chest and closest to the heart, is balancing chakra. The upper chakra points (5, 6, and 7) are considered to be more mental, ethereal, and spiritual and are closer to the heavens.

• ​The first chakra is located at the base of the spine and is usually depicted by the color red.  This energy is known as sensing and grounding energy, and is the energy most used to help a person improve their ability to sense different types of energy.
• The second chakra is located near the sexual organs and above the first chakra. It is depicted by the color orange. This energy is about truth and creativity. 
• The third chakra is located at the solar plexus and is depicted by the color yellow. This energy is known as emotional energy and is also the energy of time. The is the energy used to sense the future, as well as understand the past.
• The fourth chakra is located at the center of the chest, near the heart, and is depicted by the color green. This energy is known as the energy of love and balance.This is the energy that is most used for healing.
• The fifth chakra is located near the throat and is depicted by the color blue. This energy is known as communication energy. This is the energy that helps one interpret subtle messages.
• The sixth chakra is located between and slightly above the eyes and is sometimes called the “third eye.” It is often depicted with the color purple. This is the energy of knowledge and wisdom.This is the energy that helps a person expand and leave their body. It's kind of like being able to go and visit the library.This is the energy that helps you connect with other spiritual Beings.
• The seventh chakra is located at the top of the head and is usually depicted by either the color indigo or white. This is the energy of integration.This is the energy that is used to "integrate with the Tao" or as some people say, "talk to and listen to God".

The chakra system is NOT physical. You can NOT detect it through physical methods.It is subtle. It is ethereal. It is a different type of energy - it is astral-like. It is the energy of the heavens. The astral and physical energies do not coincide with each other, so when we speak of energies, forces, and essences, these are astral terms; not physical terms.

In the Qi cultivation process for the chakra energies, one will need this understanding of the 7 different chakras in order to build on that foundation. Knowing the chakra locations,colors, and the type of subtle energy each chakra is composed of, will help in the Qi cultivation process of the chakra energies. This foundation will help your ability to fortify and nourish your chakras, as well as guide you in how to use this additional energetic resource. It will also help you learn to improve your ability to sense energies, as well as interpret the messages and communications associated with the different types of subtle energies.